Hey, we waited.
The first time, I think we all waited as soon as we realized you we dropped you.

During one of the longer breakdowns, we waited for a decently sized parking lot before we pulled over. We sat in that parking lot for awhile and terrorized that little convenience store. And made fun of the billboard.

One breakdown we sat and waited by the lake or creek or something, and Derrick tore the rattly louver off his cowl and threw it into the water. I think he still regrets that.

And I think it was the next breakdown when we finally just loaded the Primavera into the van and went the rest of the way to the campsite.

Then the goldschlager made everything better.

Then you fixed it in the morning.

I forgot, my bike was giving me minor problems too- the fuel tap broke off, so I ended up with some weird floody issues which is why I left it running at the one stop where it decided to run over Bek of its own volition. Whoops.

BTW, even taking the breakdowns and waiting into consideration, that was totally one of my favorite rides ever. That was a super fun weekend. So there probably is some merit to that whole "get a bunch of scooters and go for a long ride even if it is going to be breakdown city" thing.

The only breakdowns we've had as of yet (knock on wood) were a flat tire and a broken clutch cable on Stellas, and an overheated "DirectHits" unit on a Bajaj. Even at that, we've been lucky - all our bikes are out of warranty now, and I'm pretty sure there's nothing magical preventing Stellas from all the same problems once they get some miles on them. And 10,000 is past for one and fast approaching for a few others.